The "What i find in scrapyards" thread

[pie]

that looks a kool place buddy

[Craig-S]

Love this thread!the pics and that tel their own story but i would be taking al these xe engines deffo!even if they are needin a full rebuild its still an xe!!and back at that v6 vectra pic with the blue plenums looks like a smoothed and enlarged throttle body in the pic!they worth a few quid aswel! keep the pics coming!!

Yeah the vectra was a good earner, I dont tend to post too much here what i buy and what i sell it for, but those who are a little closer to me will already know.

The trouble with these Xe's is that they are more of a labour of love. They dont make financial sence, by the time its been taken out cleanly, checked over, stored and sold as a possibly running engine there will be very little profit.

Breaking them kind of makes sence, but its a maximum £300 profit for what is a lot of work

At the risk of sounding arrogant, In this game there are easier ways of making £300.....

[Paul]

I think that place might have featured in the TV show Salvage Hunters. If it wasn't there it was somewhere much the same. many Jags were prevalent and lots of hotrod rubbish.

Just about to say the same.

Paul

[danbinty]

Hey guys any of you.spotted.any.mk1 nova saloons or.ever hatchs recently need some bits

[nibnob21]

Blackborough hall is so bizarre. I don't live far from it and popped over there once last year. Was quite surprised he let me in as I'm only 21, but sure enough he let me have a browse of some of the corsas. I didn't find anything I wanted, that modded arden certainly wasn't there at the time.

The only other scrappies in that area I go to are the one in Willand and the one on the outskirts of Bridgwater just off the M5.

[Craig-S]

White horse breakers are good, I think Kirtons are still open, and woodford breakers are good too. But a little further south than blackborough

[C20Brett]

Blackborough House is mental. Last went about 8 years ago and from your pictures they have had an almighty clear out already.

[racingsnake2]

you pull it in york - i went last week poor for vauxhalls gets picked over fast but been told they restock on wednesday night/thursday morning

not really been to many others in yorks for years, dont go to the skipton one if it comes up on a search dont allow people in yard and expensive

will look forward to the yorkshire edition of this thread

[Craig-S]

Im going down to kent for the weekend 24th march (Rallycross)

Might go a day early and run around there too so there may well also be a "kent edition"

[danbinty]

you pull it in york - i went last week poor for vauxhalls gets picked over fast but been told they restock on wednesday night/thursday morning

not really been to many others in yorks for years, dont go to the skipton one if it comes up on a search dont allow people in yard and expensive

will look forward to the yorkshire edition of this thread

go there my self its ok at times but never really get much in coz good stuff gets auctioned

place in malton porkies think they call in

place in melbourne in your a massive field thye get old stuff in he also has lots and lots of classic parts in some huts old lights and stuff the guard dog is a bull yes u gt that a bull and beleive me its huge lol

[Turbodave]

I really want to go to a yard called "U pull it" in York,

We've got a U Pull It up here too. Can be a goldmine or hopeless. They do barrow weekends, used to be £25 and you could stack it to the moon but now it's £50 and your haul has to fit through a small set of goalposts. Still, can lead to some bargains but as always it depends on what's in at the time and how many Poles have been there by the time you arrive.

[Craig-S]

Inverkeithing...... waaaaay too far even for me! but i shall go to york soon i think

[racingsnake2]

yea i dont think that much to the you pull it in york agree dont get much in, ill check the malton one out and the other one in york think ive been there in past, i travel with my job all over northern england so may have to start looking some up, then learn whats worth finding!

[Craig-S]

Then learn whats worth finding!

[Corsamitch]

Such a cool thread...love it!!

[nibnob21]

Anyone know of good ones in the Leamington/Coventry area?

Won't be any as cool as Blackborough I know, but since being at Uni I haven't bothered to find any good ones up here.

[danbinty]

1 in malton is on the big industrial estate if you coing fron yourk way come to the second set of lights on the ihigh street turn left go down a road with loads speedbumpers then first left into the big industrial estate right to bottom turn right and its there on your left its only a small place but he gets a good few old vauxhalls in there


craig i wouldnt travle far to go u pull it like u gotta get very lucky to find something worth having i mean im into my v dubs and vauxhalls my mates has loads fords and my dad n bro are into bms so we luk at good choice of different stuff and never really get a massive asmount of bargains just usually daft little bits as spares for out own cars
althought couple weeks ago i was in there had a valver lump full conversion out of a corsa for £350 plus vat which i thought was a bargain had 4 branch as well

[Craig-S]

Thanks, But to be honest most of the parts i sell are off of everyday cars. Stuff that breaks and costs a fortune at a dealer.

I still do keep a finger in the VW and BMW E30 / E36 Pie though, and if you know what to look for its always there.

[Craig-S]

A fair few of you have dealt with me on ebay without knowing it

[Davey j]

NINJA!

[Astra Dan]

What, no MIG sticker Craig?

[Craig-S]

sorry.

Im not a fan of stickers. The quaife one is only there as its covering a scratch

[Craig-S]

As much as it all looks like fun and games its not always. I have to agree i wouldnt want to do anything else, But jobs like this are soul destroying.

I took a trip out yesterday morning. The yard was pretty fruitless, so just to make the best of a bad situation decided to take the metal cam covers off this.



Fork lift drivers dont work saturdays, and the bonnet would only open this far. Bearing in mind two of the rear exhaust manifold studs need to be removed it was a pig of a job.

Managed it though. (a bit easier when its not your car)



2DD - Turbodave will understand...... And this KILLS. it bled like mad.

[Craig-S]

Not Updated this for a while as the phone i take the pictures on was Fubar'd. Got it sorted now though so the updates should start rolling in more frequent

Found this on monday, Shame really but there was plenty to salvage from ther wreckage....





Then quite randomly found this SRi in a different yard just a few hours after



Couldnt help but take a pic of this. LOOK HOW SMALL THE ENGINE IS !



This was amazing..... Thats all i have to say about it.





Then this 90spec 16v. I was tempted to buy it with a mate for a track car we could abuse, but it wouldnt have been a good idea so left it.



And this, Which was sitting in a yard closer to home... Not a lot worth having off it though as its just a poor replica



And finally this, Which is not in any way a poor replica! Although its technically not in a scrapyard it still kind of counts and the photo still made its way in as i drove past it on my way to a yard.

Spoke to the bloke who owns it and he wants a few quid for it, But it is genuine 1 owner (+ company) with just 58k and FSH.

[Cavalier-C20LET]

Numberplate on the rep cavs very like mine . golfs gota be worth few bob craig. was it parts or full car? good find on the gsi cav also